Nail keg combination hoop and head retainer



W. C. PURDY A ug.25, 1936.

NAIL KEG COMBINATION HOOP AND HEAD RETAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 17, 1955 iiliam 63 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS Aug. 25, 1936. w. c. PURDY NAIL KEG COMBINATION HOOP AND HEAD RETAINER Filed July 17, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 rIL ATTORNEY WITN E55 Patented Aug. 25, 1936 UNITED STATES NAIL KEG COMBINATION HooP AND HEAD RETAINER William 0. may; Tallulah, La.

. Application. July 17, 1935, Serial No. 31,899 onims. (01. 217-439) :This invention relates to barrel or keg hoop and head retainers and has for the primary object, 'the' provision of a device of the above stated character which will be durable and light in weight and may bemade from a single piece of material increasing its strength and durability and. materially reducing the cost. of manufacture and its application to the body of the barrel or keg and the attaching of a head thereto by eliminatingthe use ofnails or separable fasteners.

With these and other objects in view this in ventionconsists in certain novel .features of construction, combination and-arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating. a keg 20 or barrel with the heads thereof secured to the body of the barrel or keg by my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the combined hoop and head retainer securing a head to the body of a barrel or keg.

25 Figure 3 is a similar view showing the securing of the combined hoop and head retainer to the body of the barrel or keg.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the combined hoop and head retainer 30 with an instrument positioned for bending one of the retaining tongues in position to engage the head.

Figure 5, is a plan view illustrating the blank from which the combined hoop and head retainer is constructed.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a modified form of my invention wherein the head may be readily placed into barrel closing position and be turned slightly in either direc- 40 tion to bring about looking thereof against accidental removal.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view showing securing of the head in barrel closing position.

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the 45 line 8-8 of Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the resilient tongues on the combined hoop and head retainer.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary perspective view 50 showing the head.

Figure 11 is a plan view illustrating a retainer member for the head.

Figure 12 is a fragmentary perspective view of the retainer element for the head.

55 Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral I indicates the body of a barrel or keg constructed of any material suitable for the purpose and preferably from a single length of material wherein the adjacent ends are brought in overlapping relation to form a seam and held 5 in this position by bands or hoops 2. The body l is further held in proper shape by combined hoops and head retainers 3 forming the subject matter of the present invention and as the combined hoops and head retainers are identical'in con- 10 struction, reference to one specifically is thought suflicient.

The combined hoopand head retainer is formed from a single piece of material cut or stamped to form a blank 4. The blank 4 is in disc formation 15 having a centrally arranged opening 5. The material of the blank is bent on the lines 6 and I to form inner and outer connected annular walls 8 and 9 and an annular flange or seat It]. The end of the body of the keg or barrel is received between the walls 8 and 9 with the seat Ill disposed within the body. The walls 8 and 9 have pressed or struck therefrom pointed tongues or tines II adapted to bite into the material of the body and thereby retain the combined hoop and head retainer firmly to the body of the keg. V

The wall 8 has struck therefrom tongues I2 bendable from said wall to occupy a position resting against the outer face of the head I3 after the latter has been positioned on the seat I I]. This mode of fastening the head eliminates the use of nails and similar fasteners. semicircular openings I4 are formed in the wall 8 adjacent the edges of the tongues I2 to permit the insertion of a tool I5 so that the tongues may be readily bent into engagement with the outer face of the head.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that the combined hoop and head retainer can be easily applied to the body of a barrel 4.0 and firmly retained thereon and to act as a reinforcement to the body. Also it is noted that the head can be easily and quickly inserted in position to close the body of the barrel and retained in this position by bending the tongues I2 into en- V gagement with the outer face which will permit easy removal of the head when desired by simply bending the tongues in parallelism with the wall 8 or into the openings formed by the striking of the tongues from the wall 8.

Referring to my modified form of invention as shown in Figures 6 to 12, inclusive, the wall 8 of the combined hoop and head retainer has struck therefrom resilient tongues I6 which normally project outwardly of said wall and have their free ends bent to extend in the direction of the wall 8 to provide head engaging portions IT. A head I8 is used in connection with the tongues I6 and is provided with spaced notches I9 adapted to permit the tongues I6 to pass freely therethrough during the application of the head to the seat I0. Applied to the head I8 is an annular retaining element 20 preferably constructed of angle iron and is provided with slots 2| aligning with the notches I9. The slots 2I permit the free passing of the tongues I6. The head when brought to rest on the seat II] is given a turn in either direction to move the notches I9 and slots 2! out of alignment with the. tongues I6 so that the portions ll of the tongues bear against the upper face of the retaining element 20 and thereby effectively secure the head against accidental removal from the barrel.

Double ended resilient tongues 22 are struck from the retaining element 20 adjacent to the slots 2 I and are adapted to lie between the tongues I6 when the head is secured in position on the seat In which will prevent accidental turning of the head to bring the notches I9 in alignment with the tongues I6. To remove the head, the tongues 22 must be bent downwardly so that they will pass the tongues I6 during the turning of the head for bringing the notches I9 in alignment with the tongues I6.

Having described the invention, I'clairn:

l. A combined hoop and head retainer comprising an annular member of a single length of material bent to form connected parallel annular walls to receive in and grip an end of a barrel, an annular seat on one of said walls to be engaged by a head, and tongues on the last-named wall and bendable into engagement with the head, said last-named wall having openings adjacent to the edges of the tongues to permit an instrument to be positioned against the tongues for bending them into engagement with the head from a position parallel with the last-named wall.

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3. In combination with a barrel having a head provided with notches, a combined hoop and head retainer mounted to the barrel, and including spacedcconnected walls and an angularly related portion to form a seat, means for securing the walls to the barrel, said seat limiting the inward movement of the head with respect to the barrel, resilient tongues formed on the combined hoop and head retainer and capable of passing through the notches during the application of the head to the seat, and means carried by the head for engaging with the tongues to prevent aligning of the notches with the tongues.

4. In combination with a barrel having a head provided with notches, a combined hoop and head retainer mounted to the barrel and including spaced connected walls and an angularly related portion to form a seat, means for securing the walls to the barrel, said seat limiting the inward movement of the head with respect to the barrel, resilient tongues formed on the combined hook and head retainer and capable of passing through the notches during the application of the head to the seat, a retaining element carried by the head and having slots aligning with the notches, and double headed tongues carried by the retaining element to abut the first-named tongues to prevent turning of the head to align the notches of the first-named tongues.

WILLIAM C. PURDY. 

